Leave No Trace
the most important before you leave on a trip to leave no trace.
What is Plan ahead and prepare?
The rule of three.
What is 3 minutes without oxygen, 3 hours without shelter, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food?
First minute in cold water below 10 degrees celsius.
What is cold shock and getting control of your breathing?
What the compass needle automatically points to.
What is magnetic north?
RED is for blood
What is a Rest, Expose and Direct Pressure?
Choosing a place to camp.
What is travel and camp on durable surfaces?
Water for a hike per day.
What is three Litres of water?
The three ways you can gain or lose heat.
What is convection, conduction and radiation?
Examples of a signaling device.
What is whistle, mirror, flare, 3 fires, dye marker, sat phone, enreach, spot etc?
STOP when lost.
What is Stop, Think, Observe and Plan?
The principles of LNT that relate to the pack in pack out mentality.
What are dispose of Waste Properly and Leave what you find?
The three Ts of Adventure Smart
What is The Essentials, Training and Trip Planning?
Three ways to avoid hypothermia
What are: wear a PFD, have layers of warm clothing , keep your body out of the water, wet suit, dry suit etc.
70 paces away from the tent (and opposite the water) in the backcountry.
What is the toilet?
ABCDEs stands for
What are Airways, Breathing and Circulation and Deedly Bleed, Everything Else?
The principle that responds to "a spoiled bear is a dead bear".
What is Respect Wildlife?
Considerations for building an emergency shelter include:
What are hazards like wind direction, rain, slope of the ground, proximity to water, materials, tide...?
The primary survey in first aid (ABCDE).
What is Airways, Breathing, Circulation, Deadly bleeding and Everything else?
How do I protect my food.
What is a bear hang, Kevlar bag or canister?
The acronym for sprains and strains?
What is RICE (Rest, Immobilize, Cold and Elevate)?
Playing your speaker loudly and leaving your garbage behind at a camp site would respond to this LNT principle.
What is Be Considerate of Other Visitors?
Giardia and Cryptosporidium are stopped by what treatments of water
What is boiling, filtering, ultraviolet light and chemical treatments?
Stopping a deadly bleed.
What is applying a compression bandages, and pressure, putting more bandages if bleeding doesn't stop, calling 911, applying a tourniquet on the arm or the leg two fingers above the joint and recoding the time.
The 10 essentials.
What is Signalling device, Sun Protection, Navigation, Illumination, Insulation, Fire Starter, Food and Water, First Aid, Emergency Shelter and Repair Kit and Tools?
SAMPLE is the acronym for...
What is signs and symptoms, allergies, medicines, past medical history, last in, events leading up to the incident?